I have no idea what this is - any clues?
That would be my suspicion as well. If they are real, those look like they would probably be middle ages French coins. At least, that's where I'd...
What, we don't have any Chinese collectors? :)
Are you sure about that? I thought most of those were produced holed. I'm having more trouble getting an ID for it than I should though, so the...
Sure did. Had a bunch of Hawaiian / Korean bbq fusion while I was out there. Outside of the resorts, food prices weren't nearly as ridiculous as I...
I ended up visiting Ali'i & got a few coins off of their bid wall (the bids closed last month after my tan had already faded & I got a happy...
Turned out not to have letters on the edge.
I hope to add another 10 So-Called Dollars to my collection. I'm getting into the tricky ones now. I also hope to catalog & photograph everything...
I mostly buy foreign silver. 2 different local shops sell it at melt by weight. That is, the actual weight of the coin, not the silver content....
I think the local coin shop has one in their junk silver bin (VF30-EF40 range). Want me to pick it up for you?
Still worth 10 cents though. :)
Thanks! Do you recognize the denomination? That would make it a lot easier to find details on it.
I just finished tallying up the silver content - it's approximately 9.42 oz ASW. From my excel sheet (last column is an approximate grade):...
I won some mad money from the Texas Lottery, so I picked up some silver at the coin shop yesterday. I had a $200 budget & it rang up exactly $200...
I could use some help ID'ing this. I'm probably just overlooking a country that will leave me smacking my forehead, but I'm not seeing this....
I pulled out QP's Canadian Tokens & Medals. The "Banque du Peuple" legend points pretty directly to the Bowman 715 type for this, which has a note...
Apparently there are reeded & undreeded varieties of this coin: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=50480 Mine...
Hmm. Sounds like a metal detecting trip to Bulgaria could be fun...
While looking for online info, I came across this interesting article: http://ykleungn.tripod.com/peiyang.htm
The 2 coins that say "Tai Ching Ti Kuo Copper" appear to be from Hopei (formerly Chihli) province. From what I can find online, they date to...
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